The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, February 15, 1929, Image 5
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:Club Meetings;.
Mwl)ow?ll Music Club Or|?*l*ed ,4
Mrs. J. W. Sipith, of Columbia, who
iches in Camden, organized the
icPowell music club in this city in
iveraber. She has about twentye
pupiljfewho are very proud of
ving her as teacher. The club has
ly had two meetings?the Arst was
December at the home of the
esident, Carolyn Mcftain on Fair
reet. The second was in February
the home of Sarah Kiikland on
;Kalb street. The pupils are showg
great. interest in the club as it
new WPlk according to the seorery,
Margaret Mcbaod. ,
Tag Day Postponed ' ' '
On account of the inclement
eather of last Saturday the Hospital
uxiliary did not observe it as Tag
ay but will sell the little red hearts
i the streets of Camden this coming
aturday, February 16th.
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Methodist Church Services
Camden Methodist Church, Lyttle>n
Street near Hampton Park, Rev.
ieorge Pierce Watson pastor. Sun-,
ay, February 17: Sunday School at
0 a. m. with classes for all grades
nd ages. Public..worship at 11; 1-6 a.
n. Epworth League at 6:45 p. m.
further announcements at morning
iervices. The 'pdblic is most cordialy
invited to worship with us.
Attended Funeral in Columbia
Funeral services for Daniel 'Wright
Roof were held at the Dunbar Funeral
Home at '10 o'clock Friday morning,
and the Rev. J. P. Lupo, the Rev. A.
N. Brunson, and Dr. Hugh R. Murchi)on
officiated. 'The body was taken
immediately to Leesville for interment.
. Roof was a .freshman at the
University of South Carolina, and had
Men ill only four days when he died.
His home was in Bradenton, Fla., but
fie Was originally frdm BoUth Caro[
Toung Roof was a nephew of Mrs.
E. C. Zemp, of Camden, and 'Mr. and
Mrs. Zemp were in attendance upon
the ftmertil (Friday. ,
To Enlarge Class
A committee from the Men's Bible
I Class of the First Baptist church,
met at the home of Dr. S. F. BrasingtOtiT
'Monday nfgTlt,' to diiteufc*}'
plans for enlarging the class.
The members earnestly request
that all members be present Sunday
morning,-at 10 o'clock. All those
who do not attend Stinday school
elsewhere are cordially invited to
meet with them. You are assured
of a hearty welcome.
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With Mrs. Csrrison
The regular monthly meeting of
the Woman's Auxiliary of Grace
Episcopal Church, met at the home
of Mrs..H. G. Carrison, Jr., with Mrs,
W. J. Mayfield and Mrs. Carrison as
hostesses. After the business ??,#.
sion, Mrs. James KAvene! Cain of
Columbia, Diocesan President, gave a
most interesting and impressive talk
on the work being done and future
work to be done by the Auxiliary.]
She spoke in detail of the Trl?Aunual
Convention of the Church in 'Washington
last full and of the womans'
part in it. The meeting was 'adjourned
and the hostesses served tea
and cakes.
His Brother Dead
Httfds Thompson, general delivery
clerk in the I^ancaster post office, received
a. telegram Thursday morning
announcing the dewth, early on
|>that day in Birmingham, of an elder
brother, Mack Thompson. Mr. Thompson,
whose age is given ak 60, had
made his home in ^Birmingham since
1008, where he wps manager of the
Pratt Coal Company of Pratt, Ala.,
a suburb of Birmingham. Mr.
I Thompson is survived by his widow
and three children. Mr. Thompson
left Thursday afternoon for Birmington,
accompanied by his brother, Otis,
of Rock Hill, to attend the funeral.?
Lancaster News, Feb. 8th.
Mr. Thompson was a brother of Mr.
R. L. Thompson, of Chester und also
a brother of Mr, J, W. Thompson,
rural mail carrier out of the Camden
postoffice.
; Complimented on Sixth Birthday
! Mrs. W. L. Rush entertained at her
home on North Mill Street Monday
afternoon with a party complimenting
her little son, Lamar, the occasion
being his sixth birthday. There
were abound twenty-five of his little
friends and playmates invited. A
color scheme of pink and green was
carried out in the decorations and
further emphasized in the refreshtaknts.
In the dining room the table,
hold^g the cakfe with its six tiny
pink candles as its centerpiece, was
arranged with ribhoh falling gracefully,
frpm the chandelier to each
guest's place which was marked with
? 'tiny basket of pink and green
mints. The table was lighted with
candlfek burning in Silver Candlesticks.
The young guests were served refreshments
consisting of ice cream
and cake.
During the afternoon many games
and contests were enjoyed. In the
litter, little Miss Betty Thomas was
the winner of the prize forrthe girls
and Master Lovick Fleniken won that
for boys. Mrs. Rush was assisted in
entertaining by Mrs. H,-D. Niles.
"Uncle Jimmy" Improving
James DeLoache, 88-year-old Confederate
veteran and greatly admired
citizen of Camden, is reported as recovering
satisfactorily from an illness
which during the past several
days necessitated his removal to the
Camdeit hospital for treatment. ;
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Do not forget Tag Day. , ,
I PERSONAL NEWS NOTES
Mr. and Mrs. Ben L. Team of Columbia.
spent Sunday in Camden.
Miss Laurie Blackburn of Columbia
was a weekend visitor in Camden
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Fouts and son.
Lionell. Ml Saturday on a trip to
Cuba.
I Mrs. Tom Truesdetl and little
[daughter were the guests of relatives
| in Kershaw Sunday. ,
Miss Alberta Team, now teaching
in the Columbia schools, was a weekI
end visitor in Camden.
Miss Helen Savage has as her
I guest this week Miss Olivia Hoij
comb, of Geneva, N. Y.
Taylor Mobley, of Kershaw, was a
1 week-end guest of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. E. B. Mobley.
Mrs. Willie Whltaker had us her
I gueste for the weekend Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh Billups of Summqrton.
Miss Inex Hamel who is teaching in
Bishopville, visited in Camden on her
I way to Kershaw on Saturday.
Miss Esca. Myers, of Charlotte, was
the guest of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Lawrence Myers, for the week
I end.
I Miss Rosa Curry and William
I Hayes, of Kershaw, were the guests
I Sunday of Prof, and Mrs. J. G.
I Richards, Jr.
Miss Elizabeth Anderson, of SumI
merton, was the guest of Miss Helen
I Savage at her home here during the
I past weekend.
Miss Elizabeth Anderson, of Summerton,
attended the Chamber 'of
Conjijnerce banquet at The Kirkwood
Hotel Monday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Hoffer of Manheim,
Pa., are the house gupsts of Mr.
and Mrs. Jerome M. Hoffer at their
I home on Laurens street.
Mrs. F. W. Chapman had as her
I guest during the past week her sisI
ters, Misses Julia Kibler and Lillian
I Kibler, both of Newberry.
| Dixie Boykin and Joe McKain we're
| among those from Camden who sftj
tended the midwinter German in Odj
lumbia last Friday..evening. .
r Mrs. David King of Columbia and,
| Mrs. John Wilson of Sumter w$re
[ guests of Mrs. William King on Sun[
day at her home on Fair Street.
| Mrs. McMullin with her daughters',
[ Miss Marion ah<J Miss Doris, and
rher granddaughter, $ettie, spent
1 several days last week in Charleston.
| > Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Nicholson'and
I family have gone to Heath Springs to
1 make their home. Mr. Nicholson is
I connected with the Southern railway
at that place.
I Miss Ida Kibble, who has bedn
I spending sometime at her hoiftft;#&
I Oak Hall, Va., left this week for the
I hftfthern markets to purchase spring
j'milinery stock for the store of Mififl
I M. E. Gerald. Miss Kibble will rer
I turn to Camden next week.
J Miss Josephine Ros, of Kingston,
N. Y., is a guest in the home of Mrs.
R. W. White. Others stopping with
Mrs. White are Miss Mary Spencer,
of Centorville, Conn.; Mr. Frank
Spencer, of Falmouth Heights, Mass.,
and Miss Celsete Mumford of Philadelphia.
\ \ Millvale Now Open To Visitors
"Millvale," the beautiful country
home of Miss Ellen Ellerbe, in Sumter
County, will be open to visitors
during Lent for the benefit of the
Episcopal Church at Hagood. This
home is furnished throughout With
rare antique furnishings and is a
1 piost interesting place to visit. Can
be reached by hard surface road to
Rembert and a short drive oyer good,
country road.
Meeting Held at Club House
The Lugoff Home Demonstration
Club held its monthly meeting at the
Lugoff Home Demonstration Club
house, Tuesday, February 12th, with
twenty members present. Mrs. S. 0.
Plowden district agent was honor
guest of the club. The club .always
enjoys her inspiring talks. The meeting
wns called to order by the president,
Mrs. Kate Gettys, roll was
called by the secretary, Mrs. Team
Gettys, reports by the treasurer, Mrs.
E. T. Truesdale. After all business
the hostesses Mrs. Dave Rndigill and.
Miss Katie Lee Funderburke served
a delicious salad course. The meeting
adjourned to meet the first Tuesday
in March.
In the contest between glee clubs"
representing Southern colleges and
universities Held at Greenville on Friday
night, the Blue Devil Glee club
of Duke university, for the third time'
carried off first honork and the
Southern championship.^ _The glee,
club of William and Mirjfr ?colleger
Virginia, received-honorable mention. ;
Wofford college represented South
Carolina, and teams from Alabama
and Tennessee made up'the list of
five glee clubs contesting.
The Ohio house of representatives,
at the request ot Governor Cooper,
has instituted impeachment proceedings
against State TreasurerBert B."
Buckley, who was convicted in Feder-'
al court last week of attempted bribery
and conspiracy to violate the national
liquor laws.
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Annual Banquet Held
In The Kirkwood Grill
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The spotlight of hocIn) favor centered
around the Kirkwood grill here
Monday evening when the Camden
and Kershaw County Chamber of
Commerce assembled in annual banquet
to hear sung praises of present
accomplishments and to hear an outline
of Utopian potentialities still
within the borders of this picturesque
locality in Carolina's longleaf pineland.
The gathering of better than one
hundred citizens of this city and
county had as guests of honor Mr.
and Mrs. Krnest L. Woodward, donors
of the new airport here, who were reminded
in an address of appreciation
of Dr. John W. Corbett that Woodward
Field today is Camden's greatest
advertising factor; that'tomorrow
it will be the greatest necessity and
throughout all ages it will stand as
Camden's greatest and most generous
memorial.
H. P. Kendall, president of the
Wateroe Mills here, was also on the
evening's program us an honor guest
but on account of illness at his Boston
home he was represented by A. S.
Llewellyn superintendent of the
Wateree plant. Mr. Llewellyjfcyputlined
present construction and improvement,
amounting to several hundred
thousands of dollars, .and expressed
opinion that before long u
50,000 spindle mill will take its place
among Mr. Kendall's Camden holdings.
David R. Coker, master agriculturist
and outstanding diversificationalist,
was introduced by R. M.
Kennedy, Jr., us the principal speaker
of the evening. Mr. Coker's
message expressed highest hope for
the farmer whom he declared is the
victim of an absolutely unnecessary
agricultural depression.
Cotton can be produced successfully
under boll weevil conditions, Mr.
Coker declared through closer planting
and proper fertilisation and as
proof he cited demonstrations during
'The past three year* iflu. .which 261
planters in South Carolina averaged
566 pounds of cotton per .aire at a
cost of less thaw tan cents per pound.
Mr. Coker paid tribute ,to the farm
demonstration agencies *t}d declared
that the business men and all interested
citisens should offer avery encouragement
to the splendidly efficient
representatives now carrying on
this work in and for this community.
Dr. C. A. Dunn, representing tW
Young Men'*- Business <-Leaguei' of
Camden, expressed appreciation to
Karl P. Abbott of the Kirkwood Hotel
for the courteous and generous donation
of the Kirkwood golf : clubhouse
and grounds for the pleasurable
recreation of Cartiden'citizens during
the summer months. ;
H. G. Carrison, Jr., delivered a
t .>T/M, v (,V *
brief Outline on hard:SijLrface^ highway
progress in this county and before
the meeting closed upon motion
of T. K. Trotler the chamber of commerce
went on record as unanimously
endorsing the proposed $76,000,000
paving program for this state.
Col. W. L. DePass, upon presentation
by president Henry Savage, Jr.,
of the commercial organization, acted
as toastmaster for the evening.
Bridge Club Meeting
The Kirkwood Evening Bridge. Clpb
was entertained on Monday eveping
by Mrs. Leroy Wooten at her home
on North Mill Street. Besldyg the
regular club members, Mrs. faootens'
guests for the evening were Mrs. W.
O. Hay, Mrs. Leroy Pqyidson, Mrs.
T, J. Kirkland, Mrs, Hunter Lang,
and Mrs. Ernest Wooten.. ,
Club Entertained at "Cozy Cellar"
On Wednesday evening Mr. and
Mrs. C. H. Barrett entertained their
bridge club at the Cozy Cellar Ten
Room on Lyttleton Street. This tea
room which has been the scene of
several very interesting parties since
its opening a short while ago was
particularly bright for this occasion
and the guests, including only the
members of the club, enjoyed there a
most delightful hour of bridge.
After cards refreshments were
served consisting of a salad course
.with accessories..
Dr. and Mra. Hay Entertain
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Boykin, Jr.,
were complimented on Thursday
evening of last week when Dr. and
Mrs. J. T. Hay entertained at their
home near Boykin. with an informal
dinner-party in their honor. Dr.
and Mrs. Hay's guest on this occasion
were Mr. and Mrs. WBoykin, Jr.,
Mr. and Mrs. Willis Boykin, Miss
Frances Boykin and Frsnl^ Wooten.
Dinner was served at eight o'clock i
and later in the evening the guests
directed their intcreitttTTl^nbst delightful
houi of bridge.
Miss ^Frances Boykin was a yisitor
in Columbia on Friday of last week.
Miss Boykin went over to attend the
ball given by the German Club at
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Rastern Star Notes
The local chapter of the Order of
the Eastern Star was honored at
their last regular meeting by a visit
of the Worthy Grand Matron of
South Carolina, Mrs. Kuth DuBose
Lawrence and the District Deputy
Grand Patron, of the Twelfth District,
Dr. E. H. Durant, of Sumter.
They were accompanied by the following
visitors from Beau Clare
Chapter at Sumter: Mrs. Durant
Worthy Matron} Mrs. Lemon and Mr.
Lawrence. After the initiation of
two candidates the Worthy Matron
and District Deputy Grand Patron
made well timed' addresses which
were instructive to all. The chapter
served a delicious supper in the dining
room after which many good
things were spoken and the social I
hour slipped by all too fast. Stated
meetings are held the first Thursday
in each month. All members are re*
quested to attend regularly.
To Hold Anniversary Services
Rev. J, W. >Boykin, pastor of Mt.
Moriah Baptist church has issued invitations
to the sixty-third anniversary
services of his church to b"
held on Sunday, February 24. On
January 22, 1806, this church was
founded in Camden by the father of
Rev. Boykin, and since that time h^s
had but two pastors, father and son.
Kach year these interesting services
are held consisting of the singing of
jubilee songs and plantation melodies
as sung by slaves in the 'long ago.
Rev. Boykin and his congregation
make an especial appeal to their
white friends to join with them in
this celebration and will make s|)ecial
provisions for them.
Rev. J. C. White, of Columbia, will
preach the anniversary sermon at
3:30 p. m. and will be accompanied by
his two choirs who will sing jubilee
songs.
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Presbyterian Church Notes
Sunday morning, February 17, the
pastor will speak on the subject, "The
Ministry of Qur Shadows."
The men of the church will taeei
at the home of Mr. Kirkland Trotter
Tuesday evening, February 19,. at'
eight o'clock. Mr. Rlchajrdson will'
lead the discussion, which for this'
month is, ^Christian Stewardship." |
Every Presbyterian man in the city
is invited to be present. ]
A special program will be given at
the Sunday School on next Suhday
morning, February 24, At that time
an effort will be made to raise as
much money as possible to help pay
off the Sunday School building debt.1
Every member of the church is urged
to be preaent aud to make as liberal
an offering as possible.
The workers of the Sunday School
will meet next Thursday evening, at
eight o'clock, for their monthly discussion
period.
The Vegortof the contest between
our school ancTthe school of Frankfort,
Ky., will be read Sunday morning.
Remember to invite the person
whose name appears on the card
you received lust Sunday.
The topic for the Senior Christian
Endeavor Sunday evening at 7:30 is
"Making the Best Use of God's Gifts."
Leader. Miss Willie Haile.
The pastor is giving talks for the
next three midweek services on,
" Christian Stewardship." "The
Christiap^ use of Money," "Time and
Talents."
You are cordially invited to - all
these services.
Sunday School 10 a. m.; njorning
worship 11:16; midweek service, Wednesday
7:30 p. m.
u Mr. S. S. Newell, of the Newell
Construction Company, of Greenville,
wo8 in Camden on Wednesday. He
came down to look over the completion
of the road between Camden and
Kershaw. His company also has the
contract for the grading of Woodward
'Field" of the Camden airport.
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Round Up of Bootleggers
Lancaster, Feb. 12.-irAs a rosult.^f
a county-wide raid, by State Constables
Johnson and Munn, 21 alleged
violators of the prohibition law were
lodged in jail today.
The constables were sent here by
the governor at the request of Sheriff
Dabney and have been working under
Cover for the past three weeks. A
majority of the accused are white.
Seven made bond immediately and
wore released from custody. The
capacity of the county jail was taxed
to take care of this number of prisoners.
It is said that most of these .
cases will be tried at the February
tTem, at which Judge J. Henry Johnson
will preside. - The wholesaleroundup
has created quite a sensation.
in Lancaster. y
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February 20
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Thursday, February 21
"THE DOCKS OF NEW YORK"
Starring George Bancroft, Betty Compson and Baclanova
in Bancroft's best picture. Seaman's Sweeties, comes and goes
with tlxe tide. Sailors, stokers, atevedors ashore for a rouser
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"STRONG BOY"
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Saturday, .February 23
"TELLING THE WORLD?'
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